ATMOSPHERE - WIND, WEATHER, CLIMATE
HYDROSPHERE - OCEAN CURRENTS
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REGIONAL CLIMATES due to CONVECTION CURRENT PATTERNS
Ocean currents are a result of differences in the density of water due to temperature and salinity, as well as wind. Not only does the currents move life, nutrients and other materials, it carries heat energy to warm colder latitudes during the winter. An example is the Gulf Stream.
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GEOSPHERE - MANTLE (Moving rocks and minerals, tectonic plates, changing the Earth's surface as well as the ocean crust.); OUTER CORE (Creating a protective magnetosphere to deflect solar winds.)
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An Example of Global Convection Currents in the Atmosphere
